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Sega Genesis Classics
The collection has over 50 retro classics to experience across every genre; arcade action, shooters, beat’em ups, puzzlers, old favourites and hidden gems, with a raft of modern features. These include online multiplayer, achievements, mirror modes, rewind and save states meaning players old and new should find revisiting these great games an absol...
Details
- Released
- May 28, 2018
- Developer
- Sega Games
- Genres
- Shooter · Platform · Puzzle · Racing · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Pinball · Adventure · Arcade
- Publisher
- Sega Games
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Sega Genesis Classics Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
The Sega Genesis Classics is a must own on your Switch. I would recommend buying it digitally so you can have all of these games available at any time without having to swap out a cartridge. Knowing that anytime I have my Switch out of the house, I can easily pop off the Joy-Con and jump in a quick match of Virtua Fighter 2 with my friends is a game changer.
It’s hard to get too disappointed with SEGA Genesis Classics, however, even with that lazy omission. The collection of games itself is just such incredible value, covering off such a broad range of SEGA’s history when it was at its very finest, that anyone missing out on this is doing themselves a real disservice. Heck, for the three Phantasy Star games in there alone I would instantly recommend this package. That series was every bit as good as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest back in the day.
The 16-bit era is arguably the best one for video games. With so many timeless classics and hidden gems, very few modern games can live up to such a fruitful time so let's travel back to the '90s and see what Genesis does that Nintendon't.
A modern retro collection should have a good batch of games and some extra niceties like save states and emulator settings. SEGA Genesis Classics checks those boxes, providing the best way to do what Nintendon’t today. But considering it doesn’t even have all the first-party hits that it should, much less the most memorable third-party ones, it’s hardly a definitive package.
Once every console generation or so, Sega gives gamers the opportunity to reach back through time and experience a huge swath of their finest 16-bit titles from the Genesis era. While each version has its highs and lows, there are a number of standout entries in this latest version, Sega Genesis Classics.
As mention in my profile description, I grew up with my first gaming console being the SEGA Genesis. When I first booted up SEGA Genesis Classics I definitely f
Overall, Sega Genesis Classics is not a bad selection of games from the Genesis library. There's a very competent emulation of the gameplay from the original hardware. However, it lacks some key games and extras we got in past compilations, and the sound emulation is lacking.
Our Sega Genesis Classics review looks at yet another collection of games that stands strictly on nostalgia as a collection of 50 classic Sega Genesis titles come together in one package. Does it live up to our memories?